Re: Install problem with AHA 2940 SCSI (older PC)
Thanks. Did what you said and re-checked the FAQ-O-Matic. There is was,
plain as day, a pointer to a set of AIC-7xxx *only* rescue and driver disks
(at http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/ if anyone is keeping score). The
rescue disk worked like a charm, and allowed me to partition my HD.
On to the next problem...
I partitioned the HD into a 925 MB linux partition (type 83) and an 80 MB
Linux swap partition (type 82). I tried this setup because the install
manual suggested as much swap space as you have memory.
After partitioning I get to the "initialize and activate a swap partition",
and "initialize and activate Linux Partition"
steps. It correctly identitifes /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 as the Linux and
swap partitions. However, it will initialize, but hangs if I try to do a
bad-block scan of either partition. After establishing this fact I ignored
the scan step and moved on (why does it hang? I know there are no bad
blocks)
After initializing and mounting /dev/sda1 as root, I come to the "Install
operating system kernel and modules" step. I tell it to use the first
floppy (as indicated in the readme for the aic7xxx disks), but I get a
message "unable to mount the rescue floppy", then "The attemt to extract the
Rescue Floppy failed". Alt-F3 (the screen with status messages) has two
messages at the end:
"Mount /dev/fd0 (type msdos) on /floppy: wrong filesystem type, or bad
superblock on /dev/fd0"
"Mount /dev/fd0 (type ext2) on /floppy: wrong filesystem type, or bad
superblock on /dev/fd0"
Tried making another rescue floppy with rawrite (even though the one has
worked fine so far), and got the same message. Any ideas?
Thanks again,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: t.bedlam <bedlam@concentric.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: Install problem with AHA 2940 SCSI (older PC)
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 04:02:49PM -0500, Robert C. Ramsdell was only
> escaped alone to tell thee:
>
> > Adaptec 2940 SCSI Host Adapter (LUN 7)
>
> You need a different kernel, one with AHA-2940 SCSI support *exclusively*
> and *specifically*. No other SCSI adapter drivers should be in the kernel
if
> they are not installed on your system. The presence of all the drivers
> screws disk writes (but not reads! The install knows what kind of disks
you
> have, for instance, and partition sizes, so it looks doable).
>
> Your DOS disk cannot recognize your HD because the partition table is
> trashed. I did that, too. Debian has this information on their website;
you
> should just remember to carefully examine the website before you do
anything
> rash, like installation. :)
>
> Go to the website, look through the FAQ-omatic and install webpages for
the
> AHA-2940 pre-compiled kernels.
>
> Alternatively, if one has a working Debian system, you can download the
> kernel source, upgrade gcc, make, libs, &c. and compile a custom kernel
> yourself. (Not recommended for newbies, I used Debian (and Linux/Unix in
> general) for about six months before I felt comfortable doing this.
>
> --
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> will deliver me or not. -- bob dylan |=| www.cris.com/~bedlam
>
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